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Activities and Progress During 2000/2001 • The Orange County ERCD requested and received a $ 5 , 000 matching grant from the NC Natural Heritage Program for an update to its 1988 inventory of natural areas and wildlife habitat . • The inventory update (by consulting biologist Bruce Some) has included an assessment of previously identified sites and a search for new sites in the northern half of the County using the Landscape with Wildlife report and guidance from an advisory committee . Status • The update of the County natural areas inventory got underway in May 2001 and is expected to be completed by Summer 2002 . Plans for 2002 to Address the Goal • Results from the inventory will be published and used to identify sites for County acquisition or protection through other voluntary means . • Results of the inventory will also be incorporated into the new Natural Areas Element of the Comprehensive Plan being developed by ERCD and CFE for BOCC consideration in Fall 2002 . Objective 2 : A dynamic , periodically reviewed biological inventory. Activities and Progress During 2000/2001 • Pending Status • Work on this objective awaits the completion of the update of the County' s inventory of natural areas and wildlife habitat (currently underway) . Plans for 2002 to Address the Goal • As the natural areas inventory update nears completion (Summer 2002) , the CFE Biological Resources Committee intends to work with the ERCD staff and the NC Natural Heritage Program to develop a procedure for updating the inventory on a more frequent basis . Objective 3 : A methodological approach to assess change in forest cover annually, or at least every five to ten years . Activities and Progress During 2000/2001 • ERCD intern, Amy Bleckinger, worked with the ERCD staff on updating GIS layers to display different forest cover types and to document changes from 1988 8